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Evolutionary Applications. Scientific journal. Evolutionary approaches to environmental, biomedical and socio-economic issues. Tweets by Social Media Editor onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/175…

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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're delighted to announce the promotion of Associate Editors to Senior Editors in recognition of their long-standing service to EVA 👏👏👏 Thanks for your commitment and expertise! Congratulations! 🎉 Luciano Beheregaray, @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social, Zach Gompert, Frédéric Thomas & Jiasui Zhan 🧑‍🔬
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 Editorial opportunity at EVA! 🚨 We are seeking an Associate Editor with broad knowledge of evolutionary biology to handle diverse studies applying evolution to practical challenges. For example: • Selective breeding/agriculture • Conservation & fisheries • Invasions & hybrids • Applied genomics
Banner calling fro new associate editors. It says "Do you have expertise in evolutinary biology and its real-world applications? Help shape the future of research in conservation, agriculture, genomics, invasion biology and more"
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Genomic data on California towhee reveal peripheral populations with low diversity, high inbreeding, and bottleneck signatures. This highlights a conservation dilemma: save locally adapted variants or prioritize the core gene pool? 🐦‍⬛🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70313
Picture of the California towhee
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New 1.16M structural variant atlas in Pacific white shrimp suggests population-specific selection signals, convergent candidate genes, and population structure. Ready for breeding and traceability applications! 🦐🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70312
Picture of the pacific white shrimp
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Caribou in western Canada are losing genetic diversity. Study of 759 caribou shows southern populations are highly inbred, 12 groups have Ne<50, and a north-to-south wave of declines mirrors human impact & climate shifts. Urgent action needed for the most at-risk herds 🦌 oi.org/10.1111/eva.70311
Image of caribous (reindeers) running
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Study shows that E. cyclocarpum trees across Colombia's dry forests show regional adaptation to heat & drought. However, adaptive alleles are unevenly distributed, and future climate offset is high across all regions. These threatened dry biomes need urgent conservation 🔥🌳 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70302
Enterolobium cyclocarpum tree, a widespread deciduous legume tree found in seasonally dry tropical forests of Colombia.Distribution of Enterolobium cyclocarpum across south-central Mexico, Central America and northern South America, and sampling sites of this study.
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
New paper from my PhD is now published in @evolappjournal.bsky.social !!! We investigated inbreeding and demographic history (Ne) in caribou across western Canada using a genome-wide SNP array, covering 45 subpopulations and >750 individuals. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/eva....
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
📣 Introducing a new article type: Resource Articles! We're calling for accessible tools, databases, & frameworks with clear applied value for management and conservation. Broad relevance across taxa & ecosystems matters, not just single-species studies! 🌍🔬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Banner introducing a new article type: the resource articles.
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New study on Taiwan’s Formosan Duke butterfly reveals that mountain barriers & climate gradients drive rapid genetic splits even in strong fliers. This leads to lineage-specific vulnerabilities, giving important insights for conservation 🧬🌏 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70309
Formosan Duke (Euthalia formosana), an endemic butterfly in TaiwanMorphological variation and geological distribution of Euthalia formosana in Taiwan. Panel with eesting posture of a male E. formosana. Panel with Geographic variation in pupal morphologies. Panel with geographic variation in the ventral side of the adult hindwing, where red arrow indicates the black marginal area. Panel showing historical occurrence records (grey) and sampling localities included in this study (red).
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Justin Waraniak @marathon-rana.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My latest paper on leopard frogs tries to find patterns of adaptation related to climate and land use (particularly exposure to pesticides) in North Dakota.
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New study on white anglerfish reveals extensive hybridization with black anglerfish, with up to 20% hybrids (F1) around the Celtic Sea. Demographic data suggest recent Atlantic colonization & smaller black anglerfish populations 🧬🐟🌊 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70288
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New research on western larch show weak local adaptation to drought & reduced trait variation under water stress. The authors show these iconic trees may have limited potential to adapt to our future climate 🌲🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70291
Picture of a branch of western larch (Larix occidentalis)Phenotypic and genomic study design: a common garden experiment and a provenance trial in southeast British Columbia
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
With rapid environmental shifts, preserving locally adapted populations is critical. New study maps genomic regions associated with climatic factors in leopard frog (Rana pipiens). This may help us understand if these frogs can keep up with changing climate doi.org/10.1111/eva.70298
Picture representing a leopard frog
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Generation length (G) is key in pops with overlapping generations, yet it is frequently ignored or misestimated. Estimating G requires detailed life-history data for both sexes. Without it, model comparisons, heterozygosity loss & demographic reconstructions are unreliable doi.org/10.1111/eva.70256
Photo: Diane Haddon
Picture of baobab trees. Baobabs flower at 13 years old, so their generation length is often attributed to be 13 years. However, baobabs live for hundreds or thousands of years. This has important implications for the conservation of baobabs in Madagascar.
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Captive breeding is an important conservation tool, but it comes with hidden risks. A new study on the critically endangered White-winged Wood Duck reveals that inbreeding in captivity accelerates deadly avian tuberculosis susceptibility 🧬🦆 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70286
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Human activities reshape species trait distributions and phylogenetic diversity, erode genetic diversity, accelerate extinctions. Evolutionary Footprint is a new scoring system to identify, quantify and compare impacts across taxa, drivers, and timescales, important to link evolution to conservation
Multidimensional indicator for the macroevolutionary footprint, illustrating projections of the cumulative human macroevolutionary footprint on the mammal taxon by 2100 relative to a pre-industrial reference, under the worst extinction scenario based on the IUCN Red List.
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🚨 Call for papers! 🚨 Join our Special Issue on the advances on epigenetic biomarkers and their emerging applications in ecology and evolution! Guest editors: @jessicap-bio.bsky.social @irissammarco.bsky.social @drclrichards.bsky.social @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social and more! 🧵 (1/4)
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Study shows size-selective harvesting pushes guppies to evolve faster life histories (earlier maturation, higher fecundity). This was done over 10 years, using 14+ traits. This hints at anthropogenic stressors that affect large individuals in nature more than small ones 🐟 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70253
Picture of two guppy fishes
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Maren Wellenreuther @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Can genomic offsets help future-proof selective breeding? In this @evolappjournal.bsky.social perspective, we present a practical roadmap for translating evolutionary genomics into climate-resilient agriculture and aquaculture. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hong Kong’s introduced population of critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoos (~200 birds) shows very healthy genetics, avoiding inbreeding & low diversity. Maybe these city parrots serve as a genetic reservoir for the native range 🦜🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva....
Picture of a cockatoo.
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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Our paper on #Chornobyl dark frogs, published @evolappjournal.bsky.social in 2022, just passed @altmetric.com score 1900. Four years later, and still gets noticed by all kinds of media, everywhere... The paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Andrew Hendry @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Congrats @sarahsanderson.bsky.social for receiving the Louis Bernatchez Memorial Prize for the best student-led paper in @evolappjournal.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Louis Bernatchez was a visionary scientist and a fantastic colleague. I miss him. @csee-scee.bsky.social
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Sarah Sanderson @sarahsanderson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I feel very honoured to receive this award. Louis Bernatchez’s work has been really influential for me, so this means a lot. Huge thanks to @lucaseckert.bsky.social, @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social, Rowan Barrett, and Tom Reimchen!
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We're delighted to announce Sarah Sanderson (McGill University) as the winner of the 2025 Louis Bernatchez Memorial Prize for the best student-led paper in Evolutionary Applications! Congratulations, @sarahsanderson.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
Banner showing the picture of Sarah Sanderson, winner of Louis Bernatchez Price of 2025. Her paper is entitled "Contemporary Evolution of an At-Risk Stickleback Population During a Severe Drought.
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Romina Henriques @henriquesro.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Ever wondered what mapping your species to a different #genome will do to #GeneticIndicators? Wonder no more! For his first PhD paper, Ndou et al show that using non-specific genomes results in different demographic histories in an endangered marine fish! 🐠🧪🐟🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Conspecific Scaffold‐Level Genome Assembly Outperforms Heterospecific Chromosome‐Level Assemblies for Assessing Genetic Indicators in a Threatened Marine Fish
Understanding the genomic architecture of species of conservation concern is essential for fostering effective conservation initiatives. Current biodiversity assessment approaches increasingly incorp...
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
New review shows that black soldier flies don't mate like other insects. They show protandry, lek-like behavior, complex female sperm storage organs, and a hybrid breeding strategy. An emerging model bridging evolutionary biology and insect biotechnology 🪰🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70249
Black soldier flies, Hermetia illucens, mating.Graphical overview of the work, detailing pre-copulatory mechanisms such as pheromones, lekking dynamics, visual cues, body size; and post-copulatory mechanisms, such as ejaculate allocation, nuptial gift, sperm precedence, etc.
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
New study shows that using high-quality genome for the Near Threatened red roman (Chrysoblephus laticeps) improves detection of genetic diversity, FST, & Ne estimates. Species-specific genomes matter, especially for vulnerable marine fishes 🐟🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70247
Picture of the red roman Chrysoblephus laticeps fish.
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Rachel Paterson @rachelpatersonnz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Are parasites capable of evolving quickly to meet the new pressures of the Anthropocene? Find out more in our new paper ⬇️
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Parasites are evolving fast in the Anthropocene. Drug resistance is well known, but other rapid trait changes often go unnoticed. This warning piece summarizes research and calls for more studies to track, slow, and mitigate rapid parasite evolution 🦠🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70244
Image of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus on agar petri dish.
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Excited to announce the 2026 International Symposium on Frontiers in Molecular Ecology 🧬🌿 📍 Chengdu, China | May 15–18, 2026 Join us to explore cutting-edge research in genomics, multi-omics, AI & molecular ecology 👩‍🔬 🔍 More info: life.scu.edu.cn/life_en/info...
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Announcement: 2026 International Symposium on Frontiers in Molecular Ecology (ISFME)-School of Life Sciences - Sichuan University
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Invasive rodents are a threat, especially in islands. Toxic baits work, but not everywhere. Study shows new genetic biocontrol tools that could help in the critical "last mile" of eradication. The 'Gravid Lethal' approach eradicated house mice in <2.3 years 🐀 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70238
Picture of a mouse (Mus musculus).
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Scientists built a DNA methylation clock for Asian elephants with 96% accuracy of age prediction, associating aging to genes for neurogenesis, oxytocin, and metabolism. This can be linked to-life history traits. Great tool for conservation and evolutionary biology 🐘⏰ doi.org/10.1111/eva.70236
Four Asian elephants of different ages bathing on a pond.Predicted DNA methylation age from the final epigenetic clock model. It shows a relationship close to 1 (r = 0.96).
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Pain sensitivity in women is shaped by evolutionary trade-offs between reproduction and survival, driven by early menarche, low testosterone, and high leptin. Check this evolutionary-medical lens for understanding and reducing female-biased pain 🙆‍♀️🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70228
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The EVA team got bigger 🤩 We have 2 new Associate Editors joining the team: Dr. Sishuo Wang (left, @sishuowang.bsky.social) and Dr. Arunkumar Ramesh (right)! Let's give them our warmest welcome! 🎉🎉
Dr. Sishuo WangDr. Arunkumar Ramesh
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Can we help plants keep up with climate change? In their study, @carlos-lara0.bsky.social et al. tested whether moving beneficial genes from southern to northern populations of Lupinus angustifolius could boost their ability to cope with warmer conditions 🌱 (1/2) 📸 Sandra Sacristán‑Bajo
Pictures of  Lupinus angustifolius taken by Sandra Sacristán‑Bajo at the experimental facilities where experiments were carreid out
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The northern white rhino is effectively extinct. Can a healthy pop be restored from cryopreserved cells of only 12 inds? @arynwilder.bsky.social et al. show how restoration from biobanked cells eases constraints of a limited founder pool to enable recovery 🦏 📸 San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Picture shows a Northern white rhino
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
How do we choose source pops. for genetic rescue? Black et al. use genome-wide data & 50-generation simulations in the southern brown bandicoot to show: (1) closely related pops. can deliver sustained diversity gains; (2) simulations matter more than simple metrics 🐾 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70050
This picture shows the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus), a short-nosed bandicoot, a type of marsupial, found mostly in southern Australia (Source: Wikipedia).
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Rob Denton @rddenton.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
First @molecology.bsky.social 's special issue in December (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1365294x...), and now this! Inspiring to see so many talented scientists working at the intersection of evobio, genomics, and applied conservation. Great for your reading lists!
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Special Issue: CONSERVATION GENOMICS ‐ MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Molecular Ecology: Vol 34, No 23
Molecular Ecology is an international journal for research using molecular genetic techniques to address questions in ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation.
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Special Issue on Genetic Rescue is out 🎉🎉🎉 The 21 papers on the SI highlight how evolutionary biology can enhance resilience & long-term survival of biodiversity. Introducing genetically diverse individuals can boost fitness in small, isolated populations 🧬🌿 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70225
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Andrew Whitehead @andrewwhitehead.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Are you interested in domestication selection and conservation physiology? Newest paper @evolappjournal.bsky.social: Highly and Lowly Domesticated Endangered Fish From a Conservation Hatchery Diverge in Their Thermal Physiology, Transcriptome, and Methylome onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
thermal tolerance acclimation with rearing temperature, and divergence between lowly-domesticated and highly-domesticated fish
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Carlos Lara-Romero Ph.D @carlos-lara0.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Applied genetics can help address the challenges of adaptation to #ClimateChange: Our work on assisted gene flow in Lupin cited in the editorial for the special issue "Genetic Rescue: Latest Advances and Applications" in @evolappjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/eva.... doi.org/10.1111/eva....
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Assisted Gene Flow Management to Climate Change in the Annual Legume Lupinus angustifolius L.: From Phenotype to Genotype
Climate change may hinder species' ability to evolutionarily adapt to environmental shifts. Assisted gene flow, introducing adaptive alleles into target populations, could be a viable solution for ke...
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Great news 🎉🎉🎉 We have extended the deadline to submit to the Joint Special Issue with Molecular Ecology on "Evolutionary Genomics & Climate Change" 🌍🧬 📅 Submit by June 30🏃‍♂️ Reach out to us and @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social if you wanna know more! Please help us spread the word 🐕
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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Catching a raven is very difficult, as they are hard to fool. Catching 69 of them is an amazing achievement by itself.
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Captive rearing can alter phenotypes & reduce fitness. This review summarizes how DNA methylation is linked to changes in behavior, color & development across salmonids. It proposes using epigenetics for monitoring and to boost survival 🐟🧬 w/@clarevenney.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/eva.70210
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Heather Clendenin🐾🧬 @littlemuseums.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Super interesting, but also— what a harrowing punch to the gut
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The article on dogs from the Ukrainian frontline showing evidence of malnutrition and mortality-based selection has been receiving great attention! 🐕🐕🐕 It's generating a lot of discussion, and you can read it here! 👇 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70182
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War Came to Ukraine and Its Dogs Are Not the Same
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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Earlier, Lesser and Greater spotted eagles were shown to change their migration trajectories because of the war in Ukraine. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Active European warzone impacts raptor migration
Russell et al. found that when migrating through Ukraine in 2022, Greater Spotted Eagles were exposed to conflict events, which impacted their migratory behavior. They made route deviations and used f...
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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The terrible war that Russia is waging on Ukraine not only affects humans, but also animals. Feralized dogs are under natural selection to lose their dog-like traits, and become more wolf-like again. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @evolappjournal.bsky.social
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
One study investigated the native range of a planthopper used against invasive water hyacinth. They show 3 lineages shaped by ancient climate shifts & river basins with ongoing gene flow. This helps select the best populations for release in the US & South Africa 🌿🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70208
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Rising ocean temperatures threaten #corals in the Western Indian Ocean 🌊 #seascapegenomics helped identify coral populations and genes associated with thermal tolerance in two coral species 🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70206 📷 O. Selmoni, C. Dale & UNDP Mauritius and Seychelles Collage by Annie Guillaume
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